Pox
[poks] /pɒks/
noun, Pathology.
1.
a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as .
2.
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3.
Also called soil rot. Plant Pathology. a disease of sweet potatoes, characterized by numerous pitlike lesions on the roots, caused by a fungus, Streptomyces ipomoea.
4.
(used as an interjection to express distaste, rejection, aversion, etc.):
A pox on you and your bright ideas!
/pɒks/
noun
1.
any disease characterized by the formation of pustules on the skin that often leave pockmarks when healed
2.
the pox, an informal name for syphilis
3.
(interjection) (archaic) a pox on someone, an expression of intense disgust or aversion for someone
n.
late 15c., spelling alteration of pockes, plural of pocke (see pock (n.)). Especially (after c.1500) of syphilis.
pox (pŏks)
n.
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